The player on loan from Barça forced to be able to be against Almería, but suffered from ankle discomfort after a clash with Luis Suárez
Valencia is risking his life in these less than two months remaining in the competition and the midfielder has yet to define his destiny for the next course
Nico González has not yet found stability this season. The Galician midfielder, on loan from Barça to Valencia, has been alternating starts and substitutions and was out for more than two months at the beginning of 2023 due to an injury to his left foot. After having to be substituted last week against Rayo Vallecano in Mestalla due to a severe blow to the ankle, the azulgrana youth squad forced to be against Almeria in a vital duel for his team.
But bad luck returned to ally with the son of Fran González. When the second half had just started, Luis Suárez fell on top of that battered left foot. He had to leave the field of play to be assisted and Rubio’s team took advantage of their superiority to take the lead. In addition, Nico could not continue in the green and was relieved by Hugo Guillamón.
BARAJA WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC
We will see the extent of that ‘relapse’ of the ankle injury, but ‘Pipo’ Baraja warned at a press conference that things were not looking very good: “Both injured… Kluivert has a muscular problem. It seems that he will be out for a while. He has noticed a puncture. And Nico is run over by ankle exactly the same as the other day”, commented about Kluivert and Nico himself. They are two vital months also to define the future of the player. Obviously, he wants to succeed at the Spotify Camp Nou, but it seems difficult for Xavi to give him the opportunity. In recent days the rumor of an interest from Sevilla has come out and, without a doubt, more will join us from here until the loan ends.